tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post116797916877681748..comments2015-03-28T11:56:36.821-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: What Will You Do With Your Genealogy Research?Lorine McGinnis Schulzenoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-68650502233341846632011-11-21T23:01:26.692-05:002011-11-21T23:01:26.692-05:00Excellent post, great suggestions. I do keep onlin...Excellent post, great suggestions. I do keep online trees so at least others will find the photos I&#39;ve uploaded and save them. My son is not into family history, and I worry most about the 1888 grandfather clock (it belonged to my great grandfather) and matching pictures. After reading your post, I will be developing a plan for distributing copies of pictures, etc.<br /><br />Lauren Mahieu<br />genejourneys.comLauren Rogers Mahieuhttp://www.genejourneys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-48708739981995111762011-11-20T09:01:48.369-05:002011-11-20T09:01:48.369-05:00Kudos to you for planning ahead! Like me, I&#39;m...Kudos to you for planning ahead! Like me, I&#39;m sure many of you have received boxes of undated photos, postcards and records. It took me 2 years but I&#39;ve scanned EVERYTHING and saved to dvds. Gave any family member who was interested a copy, posted the photos and records as public on ancestry and gravesite photos on find-a-grave. In the event of a catastrophe the info has been saved and I&#39;ve helped other researchers, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-20877642290130805322011-11-20T07:36:36.990-05:002011-11-20T07:36:36.990-05:00Great Plan! We like the software from Passage Exp...Great Plan! We like the software from Passage Express to make CDs/DVDs of our research results. We include family stories, pictures, movies and even gedcom files. The CDs look attractive, are inexpensive to publish and easy to use. Even though no one else in our family has shown any passion for our history, we send them as gifts to our kids, grandkids, cousins and nephews/neices - hopefully it will cause someone to &quot;catch the bug&quot;.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373650862487063381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-61233121352666543022011-11-19T19:25:45.647-05:002011-11-19T19:25:45.647-05:00In addition to creating books and submitting them ...In addition to creating books and submitting them to the state libraries mentioned in the books, I&#39;ve joined numerous lineage societies which documents my work and best of all, in my will I wrote my genealogy (I, Kathryn, was born XYZ, at ABC to Sam and Sara. I married Johnnie on XYZ at ABC. Our children are Jimmie and Tommie born XYZ at ABC. I joined these lineage societies and include my society numbers. I&#39;ve put family histories ion these state libraries A, B, C.). I figure that opening to my will should give some researcher happy heart failureThe Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08900151318070615425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-24710449725103318712011-11-19T17:33:35.465-05:002011-11-19T17:33:35.465-05:00Thank you so much for your suggestions.It is soimp...Thank you so much for your suggestions.It is soimportant that all our work is not lost.Martine Brennanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05484455618899232720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-91165587002651853562011-11-19T09:33:43.270-05:002011-11-19T09:33:43.270-05:00I&#39;ve been telling my kids all along about the ...I&#39;ve been telling my kids all along about the stuff I discover about our ancestors. Just recently I found one that had been in an asylum in Ontario, Canada for nearly forty years. My oldest daughter said that was the first time she found genealogy stories fascinating...whatever it takes, I guess. :)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11987424576985471215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-44305063557716195672011-11-19T08:26:18.437-05:002011-11-19T08:26:18.437-05:00Lorine, a current project is under way with the Ca...Lorine, a current project is under way with the Canadian Library Archives. Canada 150 is a national project to encourage Canadians to assemble their family history in time for the 150th birthday of Canada on July 1st, 2017. The Canadian Archives would be more then happy to have a copy of your family history book/books.Lynn Palermohttp://www.thearmchairgenealogist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-14804112355405253412011-11-19T07:11:03.574-05:002011-11-19T07:11:03.574-05:00Lots of great tips Lorine, and I do think publishi...Lots of great tips Lorine, and I do think publishing and depositing our books in reference libraries is probably the best option....as per Judy&#39;s comments for Oz (where I am also). Good ideas re photos too...and encouraging grandchildren though mine are still a bit little.cassmobhttp://cassmob.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-79341988765257050882011-11-18T17:45:36.071-05:002011-11-18T17:45:36.071-05:00Great ideas. I do not have any children, not from...Great ideas. I do not have any children, not from lack of wanting or trying, but my nieces are very interested in it. They always want to help me search. <br /><br />I am putting my photos digitally now. One for each side of the family.<br /><br />Tammystar_cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02002585200842733878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-86455760504767581242011-11-18T16:45:41.388-05:002011-11-18T16:45:41.388-05:00Many people don&#39;t know about Legal Deposit law...Many people don&#39;t know about Legal Deposit laws (which vary, of course, depending on where you live). In Australia we are required by law to deposit a copy of our family history book with specific libraries. This is great, because it ensures that our work is preserved. Unfortunately not everyone deposits their book. A friend of mine didn&#39;t, and years later he received a letter of demand from the National Library and had to get extra copies printed. It would have been much easier and cheaper to do it in the beginning! I have said in my will that I want certain parts of my family history material to go to the Society of Australian Genealogists&#39; primary records collection.Judy Websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331380147873608965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-50545826305501175752011-11-18T12:07:37.121-05:002011-11-18T12:07:37.121-05:00Great points and descriptions of your current ways...Great points and descriptions of your current ways of handling all the docs and photos etc. It&#39;s clearly time for me to start writing my family history stories and DO something with all I&#39;ve collected to date. Thanks for a super post.Celiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-40660135658112202192011-11-18T11:05:36.738-05:002011-11-18T11:05:36.738-05:00I&#39;ve been working on my granddaughter who is g...I&#39;ve been working on my granddaughter who is going on 10. She seems mildly interested so I&#39;ll keep pushing it. I think it really hits home with her when I&#39;m able to show her a photo and tell her a story about that person. I need to work on that more.<br /><br />Thanks for a great post - it&#39;s really got me thinking.Debi Austenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17409492643470603926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-63655243215352572902011-11-18T10:53:56.686-05:002011-11-18T10:53:56.686-05:00Great post! With all the groundwork you&#39;ve don...Great post! With all the groundwork you&#39;ve done, I&#39;m sure there&#39;ll be at least one grandchild to take up the mantle.Pam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-87864240174475541002011-11-18T10:40:08.665-05:002011-11-18T10:40:08.665-05:00Excellent points. As you say, a consideration for...Excellent points. As you say, a consideration for all of us with so much material collected that WE see as valuable.<br /><br />~ Melissa MayhueMelissa Mayhuehttp://www.melissamayhue.comnoreply@blogger.com